Antonio Kamenjašević (born January 29, 1997, in

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) is a male Greco-Roman wrestler from

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. He is a member of HK Herkul. His best achievement is the bronze medal at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg in Warsaw, Poland.

Early life

Kamenjašević started wrestling at the age of 9 in wrestling club "Metalac" in Zagreb.Antonio Kamenjašević
Hrvački klub Klinca Sela 1991 restling club Klinca Sela 1991 Access date April 29, 2021. He attended

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and Sport Gymnasium in

. Currently, he studies at the Faculty of Kinesiology of the University of Zagreb.Antonio Kamenjašević
Hrvački klub Sesvetski Kraljevec restling club Sesvetski Kraljevec Access date April 29, 2021.

Career

In 2016, he won silver medal at the European U-23 Championships in Bulgaria in 71 kg category. Following year, he won silver medal at the same competition in Hungary, but this time in 75 kg category, as well as fifth place in Turkey in 2018 in 77 kg category.Greco-roman wrestling - Antonio Kamenjasevic
TheSports.org. Access date April 29, 2021. Kamenjašević competed in the 77kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. He competed at the

2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 5 to 7 April 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Qualification summary Men's freestyle 57 kg ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Kamenjašević also competed at the

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held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.

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* Living people 1997 births Croatian male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Zagreb Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Croatian people European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Croatia-bio-stub